by Linda Graf | Jul 10, 2018 | Anger, Believing Truth, Faith, Repentance
Are you plagued by regular, annoying sins that often seem to creep up on you? Do you find yourself doing the same things over and over? Sometimes we call these “besetting” sins. One definition of besetting is: constantly assailing or obsessing, as with...
by Linda Graf | Apr 20, 2018 | Believing Truth, Forgiveness, Repentance
I’ve failed. Again. Can you relate? And in an area that I thought I had overcome. But it seems that some weeds of bitterness remain, even now. Thoughts I hadn’t completely gotten rid of. They popped up in some casual conversation with a friend. I was...
by Linda Graf | Sep 28, 2017 | Believing Truth, Bitterness, Faith, Joy, Repentance
For many years I would have told you I was a Christian but did not know what it was to have joy. How is that possible? Christians are supposed to have joy. After all, it’s a fruit of the Spirit as listed in Galatians 5: 22-23, along with love, peace, patience, etc....
by Linda Graf | Jul 25, 2017 | Faith, Forgiveness, Repentance
I’m reading through 2 Kings in my annual Bible reading plan. It’s a history book, a listing of Israel’s kings and the good and bad things they did. Many of Israel and Judah’s kings were evil, but there were a few who acted rightly. Scripture,...
by Linda Graf | May 28, 2017 | Faith, Repentance
Last year our Women’s Ministry group did an excellent study on the book of Genesis. We used “The Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis” by Nancy Guthrie, which I highly recommend. Here’s something that jumped out at me anew from these familiar...
